daTeacha
Veteran Member
We had a TRS_80 Color Computer here years ago. It went bad. The Radio Shack store was wanting a lot of bucks to diagnose and maybe fix it. One of the high school kids looked at it, pointed to a transistor, and said that was the problem. The guy at the store checked it, it was bad!
The kid noticed the colors were slightly off, indicating excess heat in that component. Does Radio Shack still have transistors? It wouldn't surprize me if they did, or could get them.
I think the issue here is years, not hours on the machine. I tend to agree with the old school is more reliable in the long run line of thought. The old iron was built with the idea that the owner should be able to effect repairs either in the field or in the farm shop. New iron is built to a different standard. The modern farmer is far more a businessman, and is concerned with machinery that will run fast and well when needed. He's more ready and willing to let someone else fix it when it breaks, so long as it doesn't break very often. The down time may be more costly than the repair itself.
The kid noticed the colors were slightly off, indicating excess heat in that component. Does Radio Shack still have transistors? It wouldn't surprize me if they did, or could get them.
I think the issue here is years, not hours on the machine. I tend to agree with the old school is more reliable in the long run line of thought. The old iron was built with the idea that the owner should be able to effect repairs either in the field or in the farm shop. New iron is built to a different standard. The modern farmer is far more a businessman, and is concerned with machinery that will run fast and well when needed. He's more ready and willing to let someone else fix it when it breaks, so long as it doesn't break very often. The down time may be more costly than the repair itself.
